JP5895737B2 - Automatic rice milling equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic rice milling facility.

  In the automatic rice milling equipment, the weighing machine that receives the brown rice received in the raw material input hopper, the milling degree controller that adjusts the milling degree, and the rice milling fee that is measured by the weighing machine and set by the milling degree controller is calculated and displayed. A device including an arithmetic circuit and a display circuit is known (Patent Document 1).

  At the brown rice sales facility, the purchaser sets and designates the specified variety and weight from multiple brown rice storage tanks of different varieties, and then charges the fee for the specified weight when blending and milling the rice. In the case where there is no such thing, it is known that the designated weight is reduced in unit of unit weight and subtracted to a weight suitable for the input charge, and then polished (Patent Document 2).

JP-A-60-179552 JP-A-6-190294

  The technique of Patent Document 1 has a problem that it is necessary to provide an expensive measuring device in the automatic rice milling equipment, which increases the cost. Moreover, the technique of patent document 2 measures the brown rice for sale with a measuring instrument in the brown rice sales equipment.

  Even if the grain amount brought by the milled rice user in the automatic rice milling facility is not grasped, the present invention selects and sets the desired grain amount, and the grain amount set without using the measuring device. It is intended to improve the convenience of the user by making the rice milled.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has taken the following technical means.
The invention of claim 1 includes a raw material charging hopper (1) for charging a grain brought in by the user, a rice mill (7) for milling the grain, and an operation panel for setting the contents of the grain polishing ( 21) and an automatic rice milling facility equipped with a coin mech (24) with a charge slot (24a) for charging a rice milling usage fee,
The operation panel (21) is provided with a display unit (21a) for displaying a milling rice usage fee and a grain processing amount corresponding to the rice milling usage fee, and a grain processing amount selecting means (SW1) for selecting the grain processing amount. Providing a controller (31) for setting the rice milling operation time corresponding to the grain processing amount selected by the grain processing amount selecting means (SW1), starting the rice milling operation, and processing the rice milling ;
When the controller (31) inputs the rice milling charge into the coin mech (24) and the grain into the raw material charging hopper (1), the grain throughput selection switch (SW1) Even if the selection of the grain throughput is not made, the provisional rice milling operation is started. After that, when the grain throughput is selected by the grain throughput selection switch (SW1), the grain throughput selection switch ( The rice milling operation is performed by the remaining rice milling operation time obtained by subtracting the rice milling operation time already executed in the temporary rice milling operation from the rice milling operation time set based on the selected grain throughput of SW1) .

  According to invention of Claim 1, the raw material input hopper (1) which throws in a grain brought in by a user, the rice mill (7) which polishes the grain brought in, and the operation panel which sets the rice milling use content of a grain (21) and a coin mill (24) with a charge inlet (24a) for charging the rice milling fee, the operation panel (21) includes a rice milling fee and a rice milling fee. The display unit (21a) for displaying the corresponding grain throughput and the grain throughput selection means (SW1) for selecting the grain throughput, and the grain selected by the grain throughput selection means (SW1) A controller (31) is provided to set the rice milling operation time corresponding to the processing amount, start the rice milling operation, and process the rice milling, so that the desired grain can be processed without knowing the amount of grain brought by the user. can do.

Further, when the rice milling fee is input to the coin mech (24) and the grain is input to the raw material input hopper (1), the grain processing amount is selected by the grain processing amount selection switch (SW1). If the grain processing amount is selected by the grain processing amount selection switch (SW1) after the provisional rice operation is started even if the processing is not performed, the selected grain processing of the grain processing amount selection switch (SW1) is performed. Since the controller (31) for performing the rice milling operation by the remaining rice milling operation time obtained by subtracting the rice milling operation time already executed in the temporary rice milling operation from the rice milling operation time set based on the quantity is provided, the rice milling operation is started quickly. It is possible to improve user convenience.

Process diagram of fee-type automatic rice milling equipment. Plan view of automatic rice milling equipment. The front view of an operation panel. The figure which shows the display screen of an operation panel. The figure which shows the display screen of an operation panel. Control block diagram. flowchart. The front view of an operation panel. Process diagram of fee-type automatic rice hull milling equipment.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
First, the whole structure of the fee-type automatic rice milling equipment provided with the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the automatic rice milling system divides the building A into a guest room B and a machine room C by a partition wall 21, and a raw material input hopper 1 for charging brown rice is arranged near the partition wall 11 of the machine room C. The upper side of the raw material charging hopper 1 is opened to the cabin B so that the user can input the brown rice, the transport spiral 2 is provided at the bottom of the raw material charging hopper 1, and the brown rice is lifted by the brown rice elevator 3 on the machine room C side. To be transported.

  In the machine room C, the brown rice elevator 3, the stone remover 4, the foreign substance removing device 5 for removing swarf and large waste, the rice mill elevator 6, the rice mill 7, the white rice extraction hopper 8, and the rice mill A soot suction fan 9 for sucking and removing soot from the machine 7 is provided. The white rice take-out hopper 8 is arranged near the partition wall 11, and the white rice take-out means (not shown) is opened and closed from the cabin B side so that the white rice stored in the white rice take-out hopper 8 can be taken out.

  According to the rice milling equipment, the brown rice put into the raw material charging hopper 1 is transported by the transport spiral 2 and supplied to the lower part of the brown rice lift 3, cerealed by the brown rice lift 3 and sent to the stone remover 4, etc. Foreign matter is removed. Next, the brown rice is sent to the foreign matter removing device 5 to remove swarf and large dust and sent to the rice milling elevator 6, and then supplied to the rice milling machine 7 for rice milling, and the white rice is taken out to the white rice extraction hopper 8.

Next, the operation panel 21 will be described with reference to FIG.
An operation panel 21 that can be operated from the cabin B is provided on the partition wall 11. A work procedure display unit 22 is provided above the operation panel 21 of the partition wall 11 and the operation sequence is (1) “put money”, (2) “put brown rice (rice cake)”, (3) “select button” ”(4)“ Take out white rice ”is displayed.

  The display screen of the operation panel 21 is provided with a grain processing amount selection switch SW1. This grain processing amount selection switch SW1 is configured as shown in FIG. 4, for example. The display screen 21a is provided with a utilization display table 21e comprising a milled rice grain amount column 21b, a regular milled rice amount column 21c for displaying the type of milled rice, and an unwashed rice milled rice amount column 21d. In this milled rice grain display column 21b, “up to 10 kg, up to 20 kg, up to 30 kg, and 40 kg of quantity display categories are made. Corresponding to this quantity display category, the regular rice price column 21 c contains“ 100 Yen, 200 Yen, 300 Yen, 400 Yen ”are displayed, and“ 100 Yen, 200 Yen, 300 Yen, 400 Yen ”are displayed in the washing-free rice polishing price column 21d.

  Then, a 10 kg selection switch SW1a, which is a usage amount selection switch, is provided on the left side of the quantity display sections of “up to 10 kg”, “up to 20 kg”, “up to 30 kg”, and “40 kg” in the usage grain amount display column 21b of the usage display table 21e. 20kg selection switch SW1b, 30kg selection switch SW1c, and 40kg selection switch SW1d. For example, when the 20 kg selection switch SW1b is selected, the display corresponding to “up to 20 kg” in the used grain amount display field 21b of the display screen 21a is reversed.

  Below the usage display table 21e of the display screen 21a, there is a non-washed rice selection switch SW2a, an upper white selection switch SW2b, a standard selection switch SW2c, an eight selection switch SW2d, a five selection switch SW2e, 3 A selection switch SW2f and a selection switch SW2g are provided.

Next, another embodiment of the grain throughput selection switch SW1 will be described with reference to FIG.
Similar to the above embodiment, the display screen 21a is provided with a usage selection display column 21f, a used grain amount 21b, a normal rice price 21c for indicating the type of polished rice, and a usage display table 21e on which a washing-free rice price 21d is displayed. The grain weight is described in the used grain amount display column 21b, and the corresponding usage fee is displayed in the ordinary rice milling price display column 21c and the washing-free rice milling fee 21d in the same manner as described above.

  A single usage amount selection switch SW1m is provided on the left side of the usage grain selection display column 21f of the usage display table 21e, and the selection mark 21fa of the usage selection display column 21f is sequentially moved every time the usage selection switch SW1m is turned on. The amount of selected use grain is displayed.

  Below the operation panel 21, a coin mech 24 for inputting a charge is provided. The coin mech 24 is provided with a coin sensor SE1, and when a coin is inserted from the coin insertion slot 24a of the coin mech 24, the coin sensor SE1 detects and displays the type of coin and the number of inserted coins.

Next, a control block configuration will be described with reference to FIG.
Various switches and sensors are connected to the input side of the controller 31. That is, grain processing amount selection switch SW1, polished rice type selection switch SW2 (washless rice selection switch SW2a, upper white selection switch SW2b, standard selection switch SW2c, eight selection switch SW2d, five selection switch SW2e, three selection switch SW2f 1 selection switch SW2g), grain return switch SW3, coin sensor SE1, and grain insertion presence / absence sensor SE2 are connected via an input interface.

  Further, on the output side of the controller 31, via the drive circuit and the drive means, the conveying spiral 2 of the raw material charging hopper 1, the brown rice elevator 3, the stone removing machine 4, the rice milling machine 6, the rice mill 7, the washing-free rice processing means ( The sputum suction fan 9 and the notification means 33 are connected.

Next, the contents of the rice milling control of the controller 31 will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.
When the rice milling fee is charged, brown rice is charged into the raw material charging hopper 1 (Step S1), and the milling degree is selected by operating the milled rice type selection switch SW2 (Step S2), then the grain processing amount selection switch SW1. It is determined whether or not a grain processing amount has been selected by the operation (step S3). If it is Yes, the rice milling operation is started by the rice milling command of the controller 31. That is, the rice milling operation time is set based on the input rice milling rate, the type of milling degree, and the selected grain processing amount, and each working unit (conveyance spiral 2, brown rice elevator 3, stone remover 4, foreign matter removing device 5, rice mill elevator 6 Then, the operation of the rice milling machine 7 is started, and the rice milling operation is executed while sequentially subtracting the operation time (step S4).

  Next, a determination is made as to whether or not the rice milling operation time for the selected grain processing amount has ended (step S5). If yes, the process proceeds to the rice milling end processing step, and the operation of each working unit is performed for a predetermined time. Continuously, the residual kernel is discharged (step S6). Next, the rice milling operation is stopped (step S7), and then it is determined whether or not the grain remains in the raw material charging hopper 1 (step S8). If No, the process returns to step S1 and Yes. Then, the notification means 33 notifies "there is residual grain in the raw material charging hopper 1" (step S9) and returns to step S1. Note that the notification of the notification means 33 is notified by voice, for example, or displayed on the marking part 21a of the operation panel 21 by characters.

  Moreover, it is determined whether or not the grain throughput is selected by the grain throughput selection switch SW1 (step S3). If No, the provisional rice milling operation is started based on the provisional rice milling command of the controller 31. (Step S10). That is, predetermined provisional rice milling operation time is set based on the type of rice milling rate and the degree of milling, and each working unit (conveyance spiral 2, brown rice elevator 3, stone remover 4, foreign material removing device 5, rice mill elevator 6, rice milling machine) The operation of 7) is started, and the provisional rice milling operation is executed while subtracting the rice milling operation time (step S10).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the grain processing amount is selected by the grain processing amount selection switch SW1 within a predetermined time (step S11), and if yes, the polished rice according to the selected grain processing amount is determined. The remaining rice operation time is calculated from the operation time and the execution time of the provisional rice operation time to execute the remaining rice operation (step S12). Next, the process proceeds to step S5, and the rice milling operation is continued. By performing the provisional rice milling operation, even if the user does not know the amount of grain to bring in, only the necessary amount can be designated and polished.

  In addition, if it is No, it is determined whether or not the raw material input hopper 1 has been detected as having no grains by the grain input presence / absence sensor SE2 (Step S13). It is determined whether or not the process has been completed (step S14). If No, the process returns to Step S13, and if Yes, the process proceeds to Step S7.

  Moreover, if it is Yes, it will transfer to a rice polishing completion | finish process process, will continue the operation | movement of a working part over predetermined time, will process and discharge | emit residual grain (step S15), and then will stop rice polishing operation (step S16), step. Return to S1.

Next, the returning configuration of the raw grain input hopper 1 to the cabin B side of the raw material charging hopper 1 in the automatic rice milling facility will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.
A switching valve 3b is provided in the cereal extraction part 3a of the brown rice elevator 3, a grain return passage 13 is provided on the lower side of the cereal extraction part 3a, and the cereal grain is switched to the stone remover 4 by the switching valve 3b. Or it switches to the grain return channel | path 13 side, and it is comprised so that a grain may be returned to the cabin B side from the grain return port 13a. Then, when the grain return switch SW3 is turned on, the switching valve 3b is switched to the grain return passage 13 side via switching drive means (not shown), and the grain is taken out from the grain return port 13a to the cabin B side. it can.

Further, in the automatic rice milling equipment, when the grain processing amount selection switch SW1 is turned on and the grain processing amount is selected, only when the rice milling usage fee is higher than the selected grain processing amount. The milled rice type selection switch SW2 may be configured to be operable. In this way, it is possible to improve the convenience for the user without having to polish the rice more than the input usage fee.
Additional Description Consideration Next, another embodiment of the operation panel 21 will be described with reference to FIG.

  Below the usage display table on the display screen 21a of the operation panel 21, there is a milled rice type selection switch SW2 (washless rice selection switch SW2a, upper white selection switch SW2b, standard selection switch SW2c, eight selection switch SW2d, and five selection switch SW2e. 3 selection switches SW2f, 1 selection switch SW2g), and these switches are provided with display lamps L,... So that the display lamps L of the selected switches are lit, for example, so that the selection switches are clear. Yes.

  And the presence or absence of residual grains is detected in the raw material charging hopper 1, the brown rice elevator 3, the stone remover 4, the foreign material removing device 5, the rice mill elevator 6, the rice mill 7 and the washing-free rice processing means (not shown) in the automatic rice milling equipment. A residual grain presence / absence sensor (not shown) is provided, and when the automatic rice milling equipment fails, the display lamps L,... Are used as failure display means.

  The indicator lamp L of the no-wash rice selection switch SW2a is assigned to the failure indication of residual grain in the raw material charging hopper 1, the indicator lamp L of the upper white selection switch SW2b is assigned to the residual grain indication of the brown rice elevator 3, and the standard selection switch SW2c The indicator lamp L is displayed on the residual grain of the stone remover 4, the indicator lamp L of the eight selection switch SW2d is displayed on the residual grain of the foreign substance removing device 5, and the indicator lamp L of the five selector switch SW2e is displayed on the rice lifting machine 6. In the residual grain display, the display lamp L of the three selection switch SW2f is displayed in the residual grain display of the rice mill 7, and the display lamp L of the single selection switch SW2g is displayed in the residual grain display of the washing-free rice processing means (not shown). Each is assigned to a fault display.

  And, for example, when there is no grain remaining in all the working units, as shown in FIG. 8B, all display lamps L,. Flashes and indicates that there is a failure state with no residual kernel. Further, for example, when there are residual grains only in the rice mill 7 and there are no residual grains in other working units, only the display lamp L of the standard selection switch SW2c is used as shown in FIG. The light is turned off, the lamps L,... Of other switches are blinked, and the presence or absence of residual grains is clarified to indicate a failure.

By the said structure, the failure location of a working part can be displayed, making it easy to understand the presence or absence of a residual grain, and a maintenance work can be made efficient.
Next, the fee-type automatic hulling equipment will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the automatic automatic hulling equipment, the building A is divided into a cabin B and a machine room C by a partition wall 21, and a raw material charging hopper 41 is disposed near the partition wall 11 of the machine room C to feed the raw material. The upper side of the hopper 41 is opened to the cabin B so that the user can throw in the soot, and a transport spiral 42 is provided at the bottom of the raw material feeding hopper 41 so that the soot is transported to the machine room C side.

  In addition, the machine room C sucks and removes the rice cake from the rice milling machine 43, the rice milling machine 44, the stone removing machine 4, the rice milling machine 6, the rice milling machine 7, the white rice extraction hopper 8, and the rice milling machine 7 in the order of the rice milling and polishing process. A soot suction fan 9 is provided. The white rice take-up hopper 8 is disposed near the partition wall 11 of the machine room C, and the white rice take-out means (not shown) is opened and closed from the cabin B side, so that the white rice stored in the white rice take-out hopper 8 can be taken out.

  According to the rice milling rice milling equipment, the rice cake introduced into the raw material charging hopper 41 is conveyed by the conveying spiral 42 and supplied to the lower part of the rice cake elevating machine 43, cerealed by the rice cake elevating machine 43, and sent to the rice hulling machine 44. The brown rice that has been screened by the rice huller 44 is sent to the stone remover 4 to remove foreign substances such as stones. Subsequently, the brown rice is supplied to the rice mill 7 via the rice mill elevator 6 and polished, and the white rice is taken out to the white rice extraction hopper 8.

  In addition, the automatic rice milling rice equipment is configured so that the unprocessed grains can be taken out to the cabin B and taken home. That is, a grain input presence / absence sensor SE2 is provided in the raw material input hopper 41, a switching valve 43b is provided in the cereal take-out part 43a of the elevating machine 43, and a grain return passage 13 is provided on the lower side of the cereal take-out part 43a. The switching valve 43b switches the wheat kernel to the side of the huller 44, or switches to the grain return passage 13 and returns the grain from the grain return port 13a to the cabin B side. .

  When the grain return switch SW3 is turned on, the switching valve 43b is switched to the grain return passage 13 side via a switching drive means (not shown), and the grain is taken out from the grain return port 13a to the cabin B side. it can.

  The operation panel 21 is also provided with a grain processing amount selection switch SW1, a coin mech 24 for charging, a coin sensor SE1, and a controller 31, like the automatic rice milling equipment. Then, when the rice hull fee is charged, the rice hull is loaded into the raw material loading hopper 41, and the grain processing amount is selected by the grain processing amount selection switch SW1, the rice milling rice operation is performed according to the rice milling rice command of the controller 31. Is started. That is, the rice milling rice operation time is set based on the input rice milling rice charge and the selected grain processing amount, and each working unit (conveyance spiral 42, rice bran elevator 43, rice milling machine 44, stone remover 4, rice milling elevator 6, The operation of the rice mill 7 is started.

  According to the above configuration, even when the user does not know the amount of dredging to bring in, only the necessary amount can be designated and rice milled, and the convenience for the user can be improved. In many cases, users of automatic rice milling rice equipment bring grains while keeping the straw in a grain bag used for harvesting work, and often do not know the amount of straw when bringing the bag. However, a desired amount of rice bran can be milled without measuring the bag rice cake, which improves convenience.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Raw material input hopper 7 Rice mill 21 Operation panel 24 Coin mech 24a Charge inlet 21a Display part 21b Grain processing amount display column 21c Rice polishing usage fee display column 31 Controller A Building B Guest room C Machine room SW1 Grain processing amount selection means SE2 Kernel detection sensor

Claims (1)

Raw material input hopper (1) that inputs the grain brought in by the user, a rice mill (7) that polishes the grain that is brought in, an operation panel (21) that sets the content of the rice milling, and a rice use fee Automatic rice milling equipment equipped with a coin mech (24) with a charge inlet (24a)
The operation panel (21) is provided with a display unit (21a) for displaying a milling rice usage fee and a grain processing amount corresponding to the rice milling usage fee, and a grain processing amount selecting means (SW1) for selecting the grain processing amount. Providing a controller (31) for setting the rice milling operation time corresponding to the grain processing amount selected by the grain processing amount selecting means (SW1), starting the rice milling operation, and processing the rice milling ;
When the controller (31) inputs the rice milling charge into the coin mech (24) and the grain into the raw material charging hopper (1), the grain throughput selection switch (SW1) Even if the selection of the grain throughput is not made, the provisional rice milling operation is started. After that, when the grain throughput is selected by the grain throughput selection switch (SW1), the grain throughput selection switch ( The automatic rice milling is performed by performing the rice milling operation by the remaining rice milling operation time obtained by subtracting the rice milling operation time already executed in the temporary rice milling operation from the rice milling operation time set based on the selected grain throughput of SW1) Facility.

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